| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the cultural and historical meaning of the colour black.(R) 00:45Church bells from the church of St Eustachius in Tavistock, Devon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Hannah Lowe's memoir about growing up with her half-Chinese, half-black father.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3A young girl picks up her father's binoculars and observes the neighbours across the road.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Angela Graham. 05:45French farmers are offered millions in financial aid. But what about British farmers? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the Grey partridge.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Angela Graham. 05:45Cold, wet and windy weather is causing problems for farmers needing to harvest. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the great crested grebe.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Angela Graham. 05:45Scottish farmers use the power of song to highlight the plight of the dairy industry. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the sand martin.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Angela Graham. 05:45Should driven grouse shooting be banned? Charlotte Smith hears both sides of the argument. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the goldeneye.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Angela Graham. 05:45Discussion on plans to have a 30,000-pig farm in Northern Ireland. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the snow goose.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Andrew Graystone. 05:45A listener says she could not divorce her cheating husband for adultery because he is gay.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Edward's, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. 05:45Billionaire Donald Trump, the leading Republican candidate in the US presidential race.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark visits Rathlin Island, situated just off the north coast of Antrim.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith reports from the CLA Game Fair in Yorkshire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully investigates the fascinating power of dragons in Eastern and Western culture. 06:35Chris Packham relives a programme from the Living World archives recorded in 1996. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley talks to a Japanese survivor of the Hiroshima bomb. 07:54Colin Salmon presents an appeal for Special Olympics Great Britain. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service to celebrate 50 years of the Corrymeela Community of Reconciliation. 08:48A weekly reflection on a topical issue.(R) 08:58Bill Oddie presents the sand martin.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:003/3Peter Hennessy invites Clare Short to reflect on her life and times. 09:451/5Hannah Lowe's memoir about growing up with her half-Chinese, half-black father.
| 09:00Leading biologist EO Wilson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about ants, altruism and evolution. 09:30Adrian Chiles talks to Larissa Pelham, head of emergency food security for Oxfam. 09:452/5A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex.
| 09:00Peter White interviews anti-war photographer Giles Duley, who was injured in Afghanistan. 09:30In 1960, leading Nazi Adolf Eichmann was abducted in Argentina and smuggled to Israel. 09:453/5A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex.
| 09:003/4Is it ever ethical to withhold food and water in a child who is not dying? 09:454/5A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex.
| 09:00Professor Monica Grady, scientist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/5A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex.
| 09:00Comedian Julian Clary joins Suzy Klein and Kate Silverton.
| 09:00What do the French make of the migrant crisis? Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Maria Miller on the first inquiry of the new Select Committee for Women and Equalities. 10:451/5Set in 1930s Calcutta, the true story of writer Tanika Gupta's great uncle Dinesh Gupta.
| 10:00Professor Laurie Rubiner talks about her life in US politics. 10:452/5Unbeknown to his family, Dinesh has decided to embark on a violent course of action.
| 10:00The enduring appeal of Agatha Christie. Jenni Murray presents. 10:413/5Following the attack on the Writers' Building, Dinesh Gupta is incarcerated. 10:55Success still evades these two musicians, but there’s nothing else they’d dream of doing.
| 10:00How is Harriet Harman performing as acting leader of the Labour Party? With Jenni Murray. 10:454/5Young revolutionary Dinesh awaits execution, while his family hope for a chance to appeal.
| 10:00Jenni Murray talks to fashion icon Iris Apfel, who is the subject of a new documentary. 10:455/5Indian revolutionary Dinesh Gupta faces execution.
| 10:304/4Kathryn Williams and Tom McRae join Willm Gompertz to give a masterclass in hit love songs
| 10:00Adam is on the front foot.
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| 11:00 | 11:00A classic experiment in operant conditioning conducted by the famous behaviourist. 11:304/6Burns night, a charming newcomer and an unexpected guest make for drama in Cafe Culture.
| 11:00Brett Westwood explores how dinosaurs influence our stories, films and science. From 2015 11:302/4Cerys Matthews pieces together her own Great Irish Songbook.
| 11:00A doctor wants to perform the first human head transplant. Will US surgeons license him? 11:306/6Some creative accounting - and why is it that posh men's trousers are all the same colour.(R)
| 11:00Gabriel Gatehouse aboard a rescue ship searching for migrants in the Mediterranean. 11:30The Martha Graham Dance Company's US State Department tour of Southeast Asia, 1974.
| 11:00The Daughters of the American Revolution at 125 and still flying the flag for the USA. 11:304/6The Sparrowhawk team are forced to work together to overcome a problem in the office.
| 11:00What is the future of graphene and other two-dimensional materials? 11:30A meeting with a hangman in Pakistan, plus other correspondents' stories. With Kate Adie.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews chef and restaurateur Ruth Rogers.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas around love. 12:15Stories from parents who didn't back up their phones and lost pictures of their children. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Classicist Edith Hall on Aristophanes's explanation of love. 12:15Has there been a difference in mental health services? With Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Giles Fraser discusses gene theory versus altruism with Tom Stoppard and Armand Leroi. 12:15Turning off street lights, the popularity of bottled water, and home-swapping holidays. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What is love? Psychotherapist Mark Vernon looks at Freud's ideas on the Greek god Eros. 12:15How charities share donor data, and Unicom is fined for mis-selling phone contracts. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How should we love our children? Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau had some great ideas. 12:15Employment tribunals, sending money abroad and the voices of supermarket checkouts. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/5Michael Robinson presents a new series on the dramatic changes happening in the workplace. 12:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/6Jack Dee, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by Omid Djalili.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino explores how our changing taste in soft drinks is shaking up the big brands. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Peers discuss why Lord Sewel should quit the House of Lords following drugs allegations. 13:451/5Tim Samuels explores the sharing economy as it applies to accommodation.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Tim Samuels explores the sharing economy as it applies to services.
| 13:00New figures show economic growth. Will higher growth mean a rise in interest rates? 13:453/5Tim Samuels explores the sharing economy as it applies to transport.
| 13:00People in Calais continue to try to reach Britain through the Channel Tunnel. 13:454/5Tim Samuels explores the sharing economy as it applies to energy services.
| 13:00The crisis in Calais continues. Presented by Mark Mardell. 13:455/5Tim Samuels explores the sharing economy as it applies to governance and the future.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Shaun Ley presents political debate and discussion from Attleborough in Norfolk.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Saxophonist Archie Shepp on life as a black American in Paris.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Adam is on the front foot.(R) 14:15When Anja meets Rhys she is reluctant to fall in love, but her brain has other ideas.(R)
| 14:00Ian gets an interesting offer.(R) 14:15An Argentinian woman's life turns upside down when she learns the truth about her birth.
| 14:00Brian takes some advice.(R) 14:15By Fin Kennedy. GCHQ agents track three young British Muslims as they head for Syria.(R)
| 14:00The Fairbrothers walk out the goslings.(R) 14:15Inside GCHQ, a major phone company of a European ally becomes the target.
| 14:00Charlie feels at a loss.(R) 14:15A woman walks once a year along the Thames, from Kew to Tower Bridge. Why?(R)
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? With Sheila McClennon. 14:30A progressive English family try to live their lives under the shadow of World War One.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the GQT Summer Garden Party from the National Botanic Garden of Wales.(R) 14:45Being married to the farm, the music, and to a charity.
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| 15:00 | 15:008/13Paul Gambaccini hosts the wide-ranging music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon visits the community bakery teaching Edinburgh to bake.(R)
| 15:00Helen Castor and guests discuss the impact spending cuts have on archaeology. 15:302/4Murray Lachlan Young and pianist James Rhodes combine audio and ideas in unexpected ways.
| 15:00Buy-to-let is booming. But will the tax changes in the Budget hit this way of investing?(R) 15:30The Off-patent Drugs Bill to prevent people missing out on life-saving treatments.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits Rathlin Island, situated just off the north coast of Antrim. 15:27Mathew Bose presents an appeal for the Encephalitis Society.(R) 15:30Jacqueline Wilson talks to Mariella about updating children's classic What Katy Did.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the GQT Summer Garden Party from the National Botanic Garden of Wales. 15:453/3An original short story by AL Kennedy.
| | 15:001/3She wouldn’t lie in court to save her sister’s life - so she had to find another way.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Paddy Ashdown chooses his favourite works of poetry and prose. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince head to San Francisco to talk aliens and UFOs.
| 16:00Gordon Corera reveals evidence of a secret deal between a code-machine company and the NSA 16:30Miriam Margolyes and Mark Haddon discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00A look at convict culture. Also, how would children choose to spend a million pounds? 16:30Steve Hewlett presents news of Japanese Nikkei group's purchase of the Financial Times.
| 16:00Sir Tom Courtenay reflects on his career. Francine Stock presents. 16:30Earth-like exoplanets;graphene origami; Hooke's Micrographia; Maize and soil erosion
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a historian, a tenor, a physicist, an actress, a vigneron 16:30Roger Bolton explores BBC radio's approach to religious broadcasting. 16:55A townie married a farmer, not realising a herd of Jerseys would be part of the deal
| 16:00Emma Barnett presents. Iris Apfel and Jeremy Corbyn are among the guests.
| 16:00AM Homes talks to James Naughtie about her darkly comic novel May We Be Forgiven. 16:301/4Clive James talks to Paul Farley and reads his new staring-death-in-the-face poems.
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| 17:00 | 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30A listener says she could not divorce her cheating husband for adultery because he is gay.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Peter Oborne investigates why HSBC closed the accounts of several prominent Muslims.(R) 17:40Billionaire Donald Trump, the leading Republican candidate in the US presidential race.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Police are investigating the peer Lord Sewell over allegations of drug-related offences. 18:303/6Jack Dee, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by Omid Djalili.
| 18:00Lord Sewel has become the first peer to stand down since new rules were introduced. 18:305/6Miles Jupp hosts the panel show where it's not what but who you know that matters.
| 18:00France deploys 120 extra police officers, to try to deal with the crisis. 18:304/4Simon Evans presents a comedy lecture on the economics behind sugar.
| 18:00French investigators are to examine a plane wing to see if it's from Flight MH370. 18:301/6A tale of questionable childcare from the child's point of view.
| 18:00Cameron warns migrants crisis will last all summer - and a new ebola vaccine is hailed 18:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00A pilot has died in a crash during an ariel display at a charity festival 18:15Clive Anderson and Angie Greaves present conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Cilla Black, the singer and television entertainer, has died in Spain. 18:15Naga Munchetty chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Ian gets an interesting offer. 19:15Celebrated dancer Sylvie Guillem reflects on her final performances. John Wilson presents. 19:451/5Set in 1930s Calcutta, the true story of writer Tanika Gupta's great uncle Dinesh Gupta.(R)
| 19:15Arts news, including Joan Armatrading and a review of Reese Witherspoon in Hot Pursuit. 19:452/5Unbeknown to his family, Dinesh has decided to embark on a violent course of action.(R)
| 19:00The Fairbrothers walk out the goslings. 19:15Kirsty Lang discusses the Man Booker Prize longlist with chair of judges Michael Wood. 19:453/5Following the attack on the Writers' Building, Dinesh Gupta is incarcerated.(R)
| 19:15Conductor Semyon Bychkov discusses Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, Leningrad. 19:454/5Young revolutionary Dinesh awaits execution, while his family hope for a chance to appeal.(R)
| 19:00Henry gets a surprise gift. 19:15A review of new drama The Diary of a Teenage Girl. Kirsty Lang presents. 19:455/5Indian revolutionary Dinesh Gupta faces execution.(R)
| 19:00Billionaire Donald Trump, the leading Republican candidate in the US presidential race. 19:15Three Days in the Country, Richard Long, Iris, David Gates, Last Sparks of Sundown.
| 19:00There is a gathering at Bridge Farm. 19:152/6Natalie Haynes, Michael Rosen, Arthur Smith and Paul Sinha vie for wordy supremacy.(R) 19:451/3In a Norfolk prison an Irish teacher finds herself at the sharp end of the refugee crisis.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Sarah Montague investigates the risks involved in working the nightshift. 20:30South African electricity powers half the continent, but can it keep its own lights on?(R)
| 20:00Peter Oborne investigates why HSBC closed the accounts of several prominent Muslims. 20:40Gary O'Donoghue at the 75th anniversary convention of the National Federation of the Blind
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Katy Long argues that we should think differently about citizenship.
| 20:00Peter Marshall investigates claims the RSPCA faces a takeover by animal rights radicals. 20:30Peter Day investigates a future of driverless cars - how soon will it come?
| 20:00Shaun Ley presents political debate and discussion from Attleborough in Norfolk. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
| 20:00The history of the NHS told through one hospital - the QEII in Welwyn Garden City.
| 20:00Roger Bolton explores BBC radio's approach to religious broadcasting.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a historian, a tenor, a physicist, an actress, a vigneron(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores the beautiful and dark sides to tropical coral reefs. From 2015(R) 21:303/3Peter Hennessy invites Clare Short to reflect on her life and times.(R)
| 21:00The Off-patent Drugs Bill to prevent people missing out on life-saving treatments. 21:30Leading biologist EO Wilson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about ants, altruism and evolution.(R)
| 21:00Sathnam Sanghera asks, when we can know everything, are we better off not knowing things? 21:30Peter White interviews anti-war photographer Giles Duley, who was injured in Afghanistan.(R)
| 21:00Earth-like exoplanets;graphene origami; Hooke's Micrographia; Maize and soil erosion(R) 21:303/4Steve Punt PI examines the curious case of Victor Grayson, the MP who vanished.(R)
| 21:00Melvyn Braggs and guests discuss the history of ideas around love.
| 21:002/2Nicole has a breakdown and flees Paris with Dick. Past events affect their marriage(R)
| 21:001/5Michael Robinson presents a new series on the dramatic changes happening in the workplace.(R) 21:26Colin Salmon presents an appeal for Special Olympics Great Britain.(R) 21:30Peter Day investigates a future of driverless cars - how soon will it come?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Washington in talks with Ankara about intensifying attacks against IS militants in Syria. 22:451/10Claude is an investment banker living in Dublin, but to novelist Paul he is inspirational.
| 22:00NATO declaration of support for Turkey as it tackles instability along borders 22:452/10Novelist Paul shadows Claude at work but the banker might be a disappointment.
| 22:00His death has also been confirmed by a source close to the militant group's leadership. 22:453/10Paul gives up on writing the Great Banking Novel and Claude begins his own love story...
| 22:00So far this week more than 3000 people have attempted to get into Channel Tunnel. 22:454/10Duped and dispirited, Claude still thinks Paul can help him with the waitress.
| 22:00Everyone receiving it after coming into contact with ebola patient developed immunity. 22:455/10Claude engages Paul's help to woo Ariadne, but things don't go as planned.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/4Is it ever ethical to withhold food and water in a child who is not dying?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Dennis Sewell of the Spectator looks at how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/6Josie Long hears stories of love, loss and finding yourself.(R) 23:301/4Listener Daniel talks about being left by his mother and meet Sam, who left her daughter.(R)
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince head to San Francisco to talk aliens and UFOs.(R) 23:302/4David broke his neck diving into a shallow pool, and Sian was hit by a taxi on holiday.(R)
| 23:001/4A one-man comedy explosion featuring Street Kid, Victor and Morgan the Free Man. 23:151/6Nathan illustrates what can happen when you don't listen to your mum.(R) 23:303/4Three teenagers share the experience of being badly bullied at school.(R)
| 23:003/4Jeremy Hardy attempts to understand citizenship, examine the State and spell surveillance.(R) 23:304/4Fi Glover's three guests share their experiences of being held hostage.(R)
| 23:00Miriam Margolyes and Mark Haddon discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:27Greg Proops looks back at the life of Bob Hope, whose career spanned the 20th century.(R) 23:55How running a charity keeps two retired teachers young.
| 23:008/13Paul Gambaccini hosts the wide-ranging music quiz.(R) 23:303/3Six poets reread Ted Hughes's seminal how-to book about poetry.(R)
| 23:00Sir Tom Courtenay reflects on his career. Francine Stock presents.(R) 23:30Mark Tully investigates the fascinating power of dragons in Eastern and Western culture.(R)
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